The Cast
AJ Baldwin
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Amanda Montgomery
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Bry Payne
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Christina Germaine
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Emma Chart
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Grace Petrillo
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Jamil al-Chokachi
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Jessica Cermak
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Marie Karcher
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Mercedes Hasselroth
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Rafi Reiss
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Sydney Roslin
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Teal French-Levine
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The Creative Team
Hallie Sebastian (Director)
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Lynde Rosario (Dramaturg)
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Sara Malinowski (Playwright)
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A note from the playwright
This play was first conceived as a one-woman show showcasing my love of music, travel, and Shakespeare; it accidentally revealed my love of Marishka Hargitay, Carrie Bradshaw, and maybe an old friend. As I sat down with the goal “tell the truth,” I wrote a few I wasn’t expecting. I found another intersection of myself.
My favorite version of theatre is collaborative, and also, aloud, so I really couldn’t fully see my play until I heard it. Letter of Marque was the perfect fit for the ensemble version: their love of music, their playfulness, their soundpainting talents all come together here to create the tapestry I once drove across.
I hope you have questions, answers, or truths that you find while listening to the first rendition of this play. For me, it’s the play I wish I could give 22-year-old weepy Sara a ticket to, like Doc out of the Delorean. Mostly to show her the answers she kept looking for outside of herself were right there. Also, to show her how happy we are. If I could time-travel, I’d do a lot of things, least of which is tell Ridley Scott to cut all the scenes with the men in the rain in Thelma and Louise. Thank you for coming. ~Sara Malinowski
About the playwright
Sara Malinowski is a playwright, singer, actress, and location scout. As an Equity actress, she has performed with Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Forum, Shakespeare on the Fly, and Aquila Theatre. She’s trained with Shakespeare & Company, the Humanist Project, Brooklyn Improv Training, and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is so excited to be working with Letter of Marque again, with whom she’s soundpainted and improvised since 2018, in the Live Composition Festival, at Joe’s Pub, and in Ensemble Playwrights Labs.
She gives thanks related to this play’s development to the Playwrights Center, Haley Jakobson’s Writing with Confidence community, Amanda, Katie Basil, Ryan, and her mama. After graduating from Santa Fe University, she crossed the country in 2014, and has been traveling ever since - all the way to the Appalachian Trail, where she married her husband last May. Her one-woman rendition of Girlfriends will premiere at Edinburgh Festival ‘26. She has a published novel in NM titled What Are They, Then. www.saramalinowski.com
Sara Malinowski is a playwright, singer, actress, and location scout. As an Equity actress, she has performed with Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Forum, Shakespeare on the Fly, and Aquila Theatre. She’s trained with Shakespeare & Company, the Humanist Project, Brooklyn Improv Training, and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is so excited to be working with Letter of Marque again, with whom she’s soundpainted and improvised since 2018, in the Live Composition Festival, at Joe’s Pub, and in Ensemble Playwrights Labs.
She gives thanks related to this play’s development to the Playwrights Center, Haley Jakobson’s Writing with Confidence community, Amanda, Katie Basil, Ryan, and her mama. After graduating from Santa Fe University, she crossed the country in 2014, and has been traveling ever since - all the way to the Appalachian Trail, where she married her husband last May. Her one-woman rendition of Girlfriends will premiere at Edinburgh Festival ‘26. She has a published novel in NM titled What Are They, Then. www.saramalinowski.com
